Trousers-greaser



(No Model.)

J. E. HOLMES. TROUSERS 0REASER.-

Inzremifor,

Pat'enteQ'Apr. 12, 1898.

Wnesses gay/m 4M UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

JOl-INEDWARD HOLMES, on ALBANY, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-CREASER.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,078, dated April 12, 1898.

Application filed June 30, 18 9 '7.

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, J OHN EDWARD HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trousers-Creasers,of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for creasingtrousers and removing wrinkles therefrom; and the object of my invention is to produce a cheap, simple, and efiective device by which gentlemen may readily crease their own trousers and prevent them from becoming wrinkled or bagging at the knee. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 1 at lineX X, looking down; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the cam 0.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views.

G represents the legs of a pair of trousers smoothed out and placed in my creaser. The bottoms of the trousers are placed between the slats A and B, of which A is removable and is pressed upon the trousers by means of cams C, which are attached to the slat B by suitable fasteners c, as shown in Fig. 2.

a is a pin or projection to prevent the slat A from sliding past the brackets O, which contain the bearings for the cam O.

C C are cams which Work in the bearings 0 in the brackets O and are so arranged as to press the slatA upon the bottoms of the trousers when placed in position. i

E E and D D are two longitudinal slats extending the length of that portion of the legs of a pair of trousers in which it is desired to form the creases, of which E E are movable and D D are attached to the slat B by slots (Z d, passing over the ends of the eyelets M M, forming pivots for the slats D D to move upon. After the bottoms of the trousers G are fas tened between'the slats A and B the sides of the trousers are laid together and the edges Serial No. 43,045. (No model.)

where the creases are desired are clamped between the slats E D and E D by means of the clamps F.

H is a slat attached to the opposite end of one of the slats D by ascrew or bolt P, forming a pivot, and provided withth'e notches h h to fit upon the pin or peg d at the end'of the other slat D, whereby the ends of the slats D D may be held at any desired distance apart, to be determined by the width of the trousers to be stretched.

I is a screw with an eyelet for the purpose of hanging up my trousers-creaser after a pair.

of trousers has been placed for creasing and stretching.

The slats A, B, D, E, and H may be made of wood or other suitable material. The clamps F are preferably steel springs, as shown in Fig. 4, and which are the most easily removed and placed in position, or any equivalent for the,

same purposes .may be used. The cam C may be made of any suitable material.

My trousers-creaser is simpleand efiective. It can be used by anyone and trousers can be placed in it and taken from it readily without any appreciable loss of time. It is cheaply manufactured and adapted to any size of trousers.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an apparatus for creasing trousers, the

' parallel slats A and B adapted to receive the bottomsof a pair of trousers, and the cams O 0 adapted to press the said slats together, in combination with the longitudinal slats D E and D E adapted to receive the fold edges of the sides of the trousers, and the springs F F adapted to press said slats together, and

'means for pivotally connecting the upper ends of the slats D D to the slat B and the slat H for securing together the free ends of the longitudinal slats D D, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN EDWARD HOLMES. 

